Cardiac hypertrophy with obesity is augmented after pregnancy in C57BL/6 mice
Abstract Background Over a third of reproductive-age women in the USA are obese, and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in premenopausal women. Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent predictor of CVD. In contrast to pregnancy, where transiently increased left ventricular (LV) ma...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Biology of Sex Differences |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-019-0269-z |